Of course, users from every political persuasion were sharing links, videos, photos and views all night. From the supporters:

To the non-believers:

An Internet meme inspired by Eastwood’s muddled speech to an empty chair representing President Barack Obama wasn’t lost on Facebook. Here is just a sampling of the comments and photos that Eastwood’s “chair” debate generated on Facebook.

Eastwood, who has roughly 1.8 million fans on Facebook, got a sizable bump in likes. The legendary actor/director has gained nearly 10,000 likes in the past 24 hours, according to sister site PageData.

Even President Obama got in on the action, when he shared this cheeky response to Eastwood’s speech on his Facebook page about two hours after the convention ended. As of Friday morning, the photo had been shared more than 44,000 times, attracted more than 15,000 comments and gained nearly 363,000 likes.

Readers: How did you interact with the final night of the Republican National Convention?

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